College of Charleston Board of Trustees to Hold Retreat, Meetings

The College of Charleston Board of Trustees will hold meetings on June 1- 3, 2025. The meetings will be held at the Sweetgrass Inn at Wild Dunes Resort, located at 5757 Palm Boulevard on the Isle of Palms and on Zoom video.  

You can access the Zoom meeting at the following: 
https://cofc.zoom.us/j/87978963741?pwd=OR8JboUPZklb5xcS8XSaF5qRKdNqO9.1
Meeting ID: 879 7896 3741
Passcode: 125412

Sunday, June 1, 2025

5 p.m. – Reception for the President and the Board – Osprey Foyer 5-7 (ground level of Sweetgrass Inn)

6 p.m. – Board team-building exercise for the Board and the President – Avocet Boardroom (located in Sweetgrass Inn)

7:15 p.m. – Dinner with the Board and the President – Coastal Provisions (located in Boardwalk Inn)

Monday, June 2, 2025 

8:30 a.m. – Breakfast – Osprey Foyer 5-7 (ground level of Sweetgrass Inn)

9 a.m. – Board of Trustees meeting

• Call to Order/Welcome – Osprey Ballroom 5-6 (ground level of Sweetgrass Inn)

• Budget, Finance and Facilities Committee meeting (Public and Executive Sessions)
  • Call to Order/Welcome
  • Approval of meeting minutes
    • May 28, 2025, Budget, Finance and Facilities Committee special meeting/budget workshop
  • Information Items:
    • Proposed 2025-26 annual budget and tuition/fees review
    • Budget discussion re update/report on school fees

• Executive Session
  • Receipt of legal advice where the legal advice relates to a pending, threatened or potential claim or other matters covered by the attorney-client privilege
  • Discussion of negotiations incident to proposed contractual arrangements and proposed purchase/lease of property
  • Discussion of trade secrets (Section 30-4-40) where public disclosure would expose commercially valuable plans, marketing services, and competitive information
  • On returning to open session, action may be taken on the items discussed during the executive session

• Old Business/New Business
• Consider/approve Budget, Tuition and Fees Resolution (Motion)
• Adjourn

12:30–1 p.m. (estimated time) – Buffet Lunch – Osprey Foyer 5-7 (ground level of Sweetgrass Inn)

Board of Trustees Meeting/Retreat (Public and Executive Sessions)

• Motion to consider/approve 2025-2026 Tuition and Fees and Budget Resolution 
• Motion to consider/approve two programs:
  • Integrated Business and Engineering
  • General Engineering
  • Motion to consider/approve bylaws amendments – New BOT committee names and charters

Executive Session

• Receipt of legal advice where the legal advice relates to a pending, threatened or potential claim or other matters covered by the attorney-client 
• Discussion of negotiations incident to proposed contractual arrangements and proposed purchase/lease of property
• Discussion of trade secrets (Section 30-4-40) where public disclosure would expose commercially valuable plans, marketing services, and competitive information
• On returning to open session, action may be taken on the items discussed during the executive session

Old Business/New Business

4 p.m. (estimated) – Meeting/retreat recesses

5:30 p.m. – Reception – Osprey Foyer 5-7 (ground level of Sweetgrass Inn)

6:30 p.m. – Dinner with the Board and the President – Osprey Outside Terrace (covered area with fans)/Avocet if weather

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

8:30 a.m. – Breakfast – Osprey Foyer 5-7 (ground level of Sweetgrass Inn)

9 a.m. – Board of Trustees meting/retreat reconvenes (Public and Executive Sessions) – Osprey Ballroom 5-6 (ground level of Sweetgrass Inn)

• Call to Order/Welcome
• Approval of Meeting Minutes
  • April 15, 2025, Board of Trustees special meeting

• Executive Session
  • Receipt of legal advice where the legal advice relates to a pending, threatened or potential claim or other matters covered by the attorney-client privilege 
  • Discussion of negotiations incident to proposed contractual arrangements and proposed purchase/lease of property
  • Employee records – legal matters and executive contract negotiations – personnel matters
  • Personnel matters – legal matters covered by attorney-client privilege
  • Discussion of trade secrets (Section 30-4-40) where public disclosure would expose commercially valuable plans, marketing services, and competitive information
  • On returning to open session, action may be taken on the items discussed during the executive session                      

• Old Business/New Business
• Chair Romberger’s “Wrap Up”

1 p.m. (estimated) – Meeting/retreat adjounrs